Member

We have a rich and impactful creative sector. The reach of our artists, the soft power of our storytellers in all formats, the inventiveness of our designers and the skill of our musicians are legendary. The Government’s industrial strategy rightly recognises the creative industries and the tech sector as two of the UK’s priority growth-driving industries. The Government talk about balancing two competing sides, but they are neither the same nor equal. One is a creator and one is a distributor, regurgitator or, perhaps more generously, secondary user. As in all supply lines, you need to pay for your raw material to make something new. The Government will not achieve growth by simply allowing one growth area to cannibalise the other. Since the vast majority of benefit from AI scraping accrues to the US, it seems short-sighted, possibly criminal, to put the UK’s uniquely successful and profitable creative industries at the mercy of the predatory gen AI companies. I beg to move.